Cher, I'm gonna have to hire me a Mexican.
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wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 17:45 last edited by
That's what a cajun (dude, he's got papers) friend of mine told me this morning. He's picking his corn starting Monday and is having a devil of a time hiring help.
He keeps one farmhand on the payroll full-time and hire part-time help for harvest season. Problem is, nobody wants to work. It'll take Ken a couple of weeks to get his corn in, then he'll pick his beans and finish up with his cotton...So it's not like a temp employee wouldn't get six weeks work, or better...But nobody wants it.
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wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 17:59 last edited by
...at the wages he’s offering.”
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wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 22:36 last edited by
Which is around $10/hour, no OT, but they're working seven days a week, fourteen hours a day. That's over $6000 for six weeks work.
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wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 22:39 last edited by
So 42 days of 14-hour workdays in a row.
Whew!
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wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 22:50 last edited by
@Catseye3 said in Cher, I'm gonna have to hire me a Mexican.:
So 42 days of 14-hour workdays in a row.
Whew!
? Tax-Free ?
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@Catseye3 said in Cher, I'm gonna have to hire me a Mexican.:
So 42 days of 14-hour workdays in a row.
Whew!
? Tax-Free ?
wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 23:08 last edited by@George-K said in Cher, I'm gonna have to hire me a Mexican.:
@Catseye3 said in Cher, I'm gonna have to hire me a Mexican.:
So 42 days of 14-hour workdays in a row.
Whew!
? Tax-Free ?
- Contract labor.
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wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 23:10 last edited by Jolly
@Catseye3 said in Cher, I'm gonna have to hire me a Mexican.:
So 42 days of 14-hour workdays in a row.
Whew!
It's a farm. That's how you work on a farm, come planting or harvesting season. You either have to get it in the ground or you have to gather it in. Crops wait for no man.
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wrote on 29 Jul 2020, 23:14 last edited by
1000/week is less than unemployment after the $600 fed bonus.
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wrote on 30 Jul 2020, 01:40 last edited by jon-nyc
Not for a farm hand in LA.
And it ends tomorrow
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wrote on 30 Jul 2020, 02:05 last edited by
They'll take my $600/week when they pry it out of my cold dead fingers